Level 3 Performing Arts

UNIT 9 PERFORMANCE PROJECT A Questmas story When being told we were given the opportunity to devise our own performance and the theme being Christmas, I believed it would be a challenge because most Christmas movies or plays are cliches. I wanted ours to be different and something we could all bring out our own ideas and personalities to create as a group. I thought of Christmas and the things Christmas had to offer, good or bad; Being with family Good food Watching Christmas movies together Christmas Jumpers  Carols  Scrooge and The Grinch Crackers and party hats  Before starting the rehearsal process for our production there were many elements we needed to research and gather. In class we were put into small groups were we would talk about ideas towards our devised piece, from plays and artwork to movies and books. First thing that came to my head when thinking about what our play could be based on was my favourite movie of all time, The Hunger games...

Unit 11: Research Project  Is it important to assign gender roles within theatre  Gender has always created an uproar for an topic as if it were battle of the sexes but has anyone ever stopped to question the importance of Gender and the affect it creates. Within the Acting industry Gender has always been a key aspect of history. When watching a performance or watching a movie you never really question the gender of an actor but behind the scenes it has always been questionable if changing a characters gender will impact the performance as a whole. Many societies forbid women from performing on stage. This was very common all over the world but mainly within Greek theatre, English Renaissance theatre and Japanese Kabuki theatre; Also within the Chinese theatre. All theatre and performances were performed by males, this was known as cross-dressing  In the past, only men could become actors in some societies. In the ancient Greece and Rome and the medieval worl...